The Marine Corps has launched a pilot program allowing master sergeants to apply for redesignation as first sergeants, ...

Painesville native Mark Ryan Mlachak, son of Mark and Donna Mlachak and a 2001 graduate of Thomas W. Harvey High School, was promoted to the rank of Sergeant Major (USMC) on April 1, and has assumed ...

For the second year in a row Staff Sgt. Forrest T. Minahen, who serves as a drill sergeant with 1st Battalion, 222d Aviation Regiment, 128th Aviation Brigade, was honored as the U.S. Army Aviation ...

FORT GREGG-ADAMS, Va. — In a valley under the mountainous countryside of Puerto Rico, sat a boy laying plans at a table of men. In the quiet and historic town of San Germán, with its cobblestone ...

Marine Corps drill instructors represent one of the most legendary roles in the military. From the 1987 war movie "Full Metal Jacket" to their essential job of making new Marines at boot camp in ...

The Marine Corps quietly directed its recruit depots to integrate male and female drill instructor teams at the platoon level in late 2023, and now the service is full steam ahead with the effort, ...